Matt Drake · Book 3

Hostile Intent

Published
3 May 2022
Pages
400
ISBN-13
9780593333532
Type
novel
Cover of Hostile Intent

About this book

The third entry in the Matt Drake series, Hostile Intent was published in 2022 and runs 400 pages, pitting Drake against a recurring nemesis known as the Devil. It carries forward the continuing cast and aviation-detail authenticity that made the series Don Bentley's calling card ahead of his later Mitch Rapp and Jack Ryan continuation work.

Key facts about Hostile Intent

Hostile Intent is a novel by Don Bentley. Readers have had it since 3 May 2022. It runs to 400 pages.

Our list holds 2 editions of Hostile Intent. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780593333532 to find the main one.

Hostile Intent is book 3 of 4 in the Matt Drake series. The series has 4 published books. However, the series starts with Without Sanction (2020). Forgotten War is the latest book in the series with a full release date, out on 2 May 2023.

Additionally, Don Bentley writes Jack Ryan and Mitch Rapp as separate series. Those series sit on our thriller and military thriller shelves. Meanwhile, Denied Access is the latest published Don Bentley book on file, from 30 September 2025.

About Don Bentley

Don Bentley is an American thriller writer and former U.S. Army Apache helicopter pilot and FBI special agent whose military and law-enforcement background directly informs his fiction. See every Don Bentley book in order.

Its place in Matt Drake

Hostile Intent is book 3 in the Matt Drake series. It follows The Outside Man. It is followed by Forgotten War. See the full Matt Drake reading order.

Before Don Bentley took over Mitch Rapp and started co-writing Jack Ryan, he launched his own hero: Matt Drake, a Defense Intelligence Agency operative and former Army pilot whose missions read with the technical precision you'd expect from an author who actually flew Apache helicopters and worked FBI counterintelligence before writing fiction. Without Sanction (2020) drops Drake into a hostage rescue in Afghanistan that spirals into a much larger conspiracy; The Outside Man (2021), Hostile Intent (2022) and…

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